Killer Merch underwrites cancelled celebrities to profit off their reputations

Evidence

These other influencers and businesses serviced by Killer Merch are not identified directly in “The Secret World of Jeffree Star” but are often very prominent and today still include some of the most obviously “cancelled” celebrities and influencers around, indicating Star’s willingness to underwrite even the most unseemly and disreputable. Killer Merch lists among its clients the massively popular game streamer Ninja, comedian Kevin Hart, and Netflix, manufacturing and distributing branded clothing related to the television show Stranger Things. But it also works with the comedian Chris D’Elia, who has been regularly accused of predatory and pedophilic sexual behavior, most prominently the perpetual soliciting of nude photos from underage girls. — Grant Bollmer, Katherine Guinness, The Influencer Factory, 302

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the influencer economy’s indifference to morals — the corporation treats celebrity reputation as pure commodity regardless of ethics.
• CANDY: Jeopardy-worthy oddity: a major cosmetics CEO’s merch company prints clothing for Netflix’s Stranger Things AND an accused pedophile-comedian.